Reindeer and more born pretty store items!

Hi y'all! I'm back again with some more cute Christmas nail art and more brushes from bornprettystore! I had so much fun with these! 

First I started off with two coats of Sinful Colors Social Ladder and then I used some nail art brushes that I recieved for review from BornPrettyStore. The brushes worked great! It was a set of three, with one tiny detail brush, one flat brush, and one angled flat brush. My only complaint is that the detail brush could have been smaller but for filling in larger shapes like on some of the reindeer parts, it was great! I used all acrylic paint for the details of these as well, and the stripes as well! 

You can get the brushes right here for around $4.60, and if you use the code Ring10 you'll get 10% off your entire order! 

Thanks for reading and let me know what you thought in the comments below!

Snowflakes! + bornprettystore review!

Hi y'all! I'm back with another blog post! I'm doing the clairestelle8 challenge for December which is hosted on instagram right here. I've also got a few items from bornprettystore I used in this post as well! 

To start with I did a gradient with Wet N Wild French White Tip, Teal Slowly And See, and Chambray Showers. That was topped with KiloX Opulent Top Coat. The ring finger I used chevron striping tape from born pretty store which they sent to me free of charge in exchange for review. It worked just as well as any other striping tape and I got this cute little pattern on my nails with it! Cute!

You can get it here for about $1.47

For the snowflakes I used metallic acrylic paint and a liner brush which was also sent to me by born pretty store to review. This brush wasn't my favorite just because it could have been smaller for better details, but it worked well otherwise! 

You can get the brush here.

Thanks for reading and let me know what you thought in the comments below!

I'm baaack! + Skeleton girl nail art

Hi y'all! Let's see if I remember how to do this blogging thing. Real quick, let's get to the nails, then I'll explain a bit about where I've been, why the blog has been sitting with no activity lately. 

First, the nails. For these, I used Wet N Wild Get High for the green base color, for the purple, I used Wet N Wild Eggplant and for the sparkly green? It's a NYC polish that I can't remember the name of, and I don't have it in front of me. I can tell you it was a part of last years holiday collection though and I'm just getting around to using it. 

The girl was made using acrylic paint, as was the black lines on the other nails. I'm not too happy with the face as the eyes are a HUGE mess, but it made for good practice as I definitely need to get better at faces. 

And as for the explanation? Go ahead and click the jump to see that

bornprettystore Stamping and studs!

Hi y'all! This is the second post for the day! and the last I promise! I don't wanna spam everyone too much! These are some more items I got to review from BornPrettyStore. There's a stamper, a stamping plate, and some studs including in this post. 

First up we'll do the studs. They come in a little jar and they have a mix of shapes in them. There are squares, circles, and a sort of tear drop shape? And there are also a variety of colors mixed in there. There's a pretty good amout of them to play with and they were easy enough to pick out the shape and color you want, I would probably separate them out if I had empty containers to put them into though. I had so much fun playing and trying to find a way to use them though. 

You can get them here and they cost about $2.86 for the little jar of them. 

Second up is the stamper I received. I was super excited about it being a squishy stamper being as how everyone always goes on and on about how GREAT they are. And let me tell you... if this is they're idea of a great easy to use stamper? I don't wanna know what a bad one is to them. I had SO MUCH trouble with it. I wouldn't get it to pick up the images. I prepped it in every single way I could find to prep it with out totally ruining it and still noting. It picks up images half way or not at all. I know it wasn't the plate itself either because my normal konad stamper picked up the image fine. I'm going to try one last thing to get it to work correctly before I write it off completely, but if that doesn't work? Then no. I don't recommend it unless you have experience with squishy stampers because I definitely can't figure this one out. 

It sells right here for $3.84 With the scraper included. 

Last up is the stamping plate I received! It's a "Music Themed" plate (It's actually Michael Jackson Themed, I picked it for the music note pattern and nothing else tbh)  with some pretty cute images on it.The plate worked great! The images are crisp and clear and pick up perfectly with my konad stamper. (And the few times I got the squishy stamper to work right) so I would definitely recommend this one if you're into the images on it! And it's super cheap as well! 

You can pick it up right here for just $0.99!  

Thanks for reading! 

Late: 4th of July and bornprettystore review!

Hi y'all! I meant to get this up yesterday! Which means y'all get two blog posts today because I have another post I've been meaning to get up as well! These were some Fourth Of July nails I did using the press samples I received from Sally Hansen as well as some I received from Born Pretty Store! 

I used all three of the Sally Hansen Fourth Of July Shades for this. The Base is Vandal Eyes and I sponged on the other two Tag Ur It! And Quick Brick to make a sort of galaxy type effect with a coat of the Big Glitter Top Coat in Costume Glitters over that! 

Once that was dry I used some french tip guide stickers I received from Born Pretty Store to do the accent nail. I used a chevron shaped guide and used the detail brush I got from them as well to outline on each side of the guide. Then I used the same brush to fill in some extra details and add the dots. 

The guides were pretty easy to use! Just make sure the polish is SUPER DUPER Dry before placing the stickers. And I recommend sticking them on your skin and pulling them off a couple times before placing them over your polish as they're really sticky and that'll weaken it a little. Making it less likely to pull the polish off when you remove them. 

You can get the brush here
And the french tip guides I received is a variety pack which you can get here for $6.39

Sally Hansen - Quick Brick

Hi y'all! Sally Hansen recently sent me their newest Insta-Dri shades for the summer to review! I have this red, a blue and a white. First up I'm posting these red nails using Quick Brick and I just had to do a little something to spice up the swatch! 

The formula on this polish was great! It was pretty well covered with just one coat, the second coat was mostly needed to smooth everything out and make sure the color was even! This isn't a true "Red" polish though. It looks almost like one in the bottle in certain lights, but on the nails it dries a little darker than a true red, and it's just a shade or two off. I don't know how to explain it? Red to me, is red. It looks horrible on me so I hate it, haha. But I don't know, this color had a more blue undertone maybe? Or something? It reminds me of the 'Strawberry Red' Crayola crayon. Looks red when you grab it... til you draw with it and realize is the wrong red. It's a great color though and easy to apply if you like the color! 

As for the strawberry accent, it was all done using acrylic paints and my newest nail art brush from bornprettystore. So much fun! 

Thanks for reading! Let me know what you thought in the comments below! 

Watermelon nail art! + Bornprettystore brush review!

Hi y'all! I know I haven't been posting a lot, this is due to a LOT of nail breaks. Everytime I get them grown out a little or almost all even again, another one breaks. But, just this past sunday I've started taking Biotin and cut them all down even with the shortest one in hopes that they will grow out healthier. Maybe they just needed a fresh start! 

Anyways, these are my little nubbins now, I did some cute summer nail art with some press samples I've recieved lately! (I'll have a full swatch and review of the sally hansen ones as soon as I can. I'm trying to get a little more length first) 

I did these with a base coat of Sally Hansen Vandal Eyes and I used acrylic paints in pink, green, and black for the other details which were painted using a brush sent to me by bornprettystore! The brush is AMAZING! no seriously, if you're into nail art, and more on the advanced side of it, you should invest in one of these brushes (Or maybe ten so you have backups just in case.) I love it so much! And it's such a neat little tool! Comes in a package all nice and neat and has this nice little lid that goes over it like a pen to keep the brush from getting ruined from improper storage or just accidently setting it the wrong way or.. whatever! It's sooooo perfect! And it's so so tiny, even more so that I thought it would be when I picked it. So definitely pick one up if you love doing highly detailed designed with teeny tiny little pieces!  

You can get your very own for just $5.98 right here! 

Thanks for reading! Let me know what you thought in the comments below! 

31 day challengeL Gradient nails

 Hi y'all! We're back again today to continue the 31 day challenge! Today's theme for the challenge is gradient nails. I wanted something bright and fun to counter act all the rain we've been having lately! I hate it as it is, but it's definitely getting old now. 

For these I decided on doing a circle gradient because.. it was a little different than the usual gradient. Plus, I've never done one before, so I also get to try something new at the same time. Fun, right? Right! 

For these I started with a base of Sinful Colors Snow Me White and then I used Broadway nails Sunflower and LA Colors in Pumpin' Pink and Flicker to do the gradient. Just painted all the colors on a make up sponge and sponged them on. I wasn't too happy with how they turned out - this technique needs a lot of practice, but I think it was okay for a first try. 

Annnd just for fun! I haven't shown you guys Valentina in a while. This is what we call a "Dead Bunny Flop" and Tina is an EXPERT at them. Imagine walking into the room and seeing that and getting no response whatsoever because bunny is in a super deep sleep. 

It's heart attack inducing. I'm not even kidding. I freak out every single time. 

Then she lifts and ear, or twitches her nose. Or her favorite, chewing or washing her face in her sleep which I guess she must be dreaming about eating or something and I take a great big deep breathe and go 'omg okay your fine' and she looks at me like 'wtf mom I was comfy and tired. now go away' 

Thanks for reading! Let me know what you thought in the comments below! 

#bomnailartjune: Lady Bugs!

Hi y'all! I'm back again with nail art from an Instagram nail art challenge! The #bomnailartjune challenge! You can search up that hashtag on the app or website (I think?) to see what everyone else came up with for today's theme of Lady Bugs. 

I was much more excited about these in my head than I was on my nails. They just didn't quite some out the way I imagined they would. For the base color, I used Wet N Wild I Need A Refresh-Mint and the rest of the colors were done using acrylic paint. Just some dots with a dotter to get the shapes and pattern of the little lady bugs. This was so cute in my head but didn't translate perfectly to the nail. Oh well, maybe next time?

Thanks for reading! Let me know what you thought in the comments below! 

31 day challenge: Rainbow nails

Hi y'all! We're back to the 31 Day Challenge now! Today's theme is rainbow nails and I had to do something extra special with them. I made them into a Rainbow Bridge theme and added a little bunny silhouette to represent my Foofy bun. I still miss her crazy butt all the time and it seemed like a good way to show I was still thinking about her. 

These were super fun and easy to do. You'll be able to find a tutorial up on my YouTube channel so head over there to see that!

I started these off with NYC Skyline Blue for the base color. The rest of the colors a re all acrylic paints and it was pretty easy. I wanted the rainbow to look like it was going across all of my nails. Then on the ring finger I painted my little bunny silhouette. It was suppose to be from behind the bunny.. like shes looking towards the rainbow. This I used Wet N Wild Kaleidoscope and put a very light coat over the rainbow on all nails except the accent, on that one I put it over the bunny. Just to add a little bit of sparkle! 

Thanks for reading! Let me know what you thought in the comments below! 

31 day challenge: Purple nails + bornprettystore review!

Hi y'all! Today I have some more nail art for you all! The next them in the 31 day challenge is purple nails. This is also a double post to review a stamping plate I got from born pretty store. Which was so much fun and so easy to work with.

For these nails I kept it super simple. I used Wet N Wild Who Is Ultra Violet? and Konad black stamping polish. I just used let the base color dry. Then I stamped over it with the stamping polish and nail stamper.

The plate was really awesome! So cute and so fun to use. I like how these turned out so much!

If you would like to grab this plate for yourself, they sell right here for $5.99.

Thanks for reading! Let me know what you thought in the comments below! 

31 day challenge: Blue nails!

 Hi ya'll! I have some more nail art for the 31 day challenge to share with you all today! These were a lot of fun to do and they follow the 'blue' prompt. I looove blue so I was so excited to work with a blue nail base. 

Has anyone seen this commercial? Surely you have, but this is the best screenshot I could find/get from it, of the item I was after. These nails were inspired by the dress in this commercial. I just LOVE blue and orange together and when I seen this dress I just HAD to do nails like that, perfect fo the blue nail theme too, right? 

For these nails I used Wet N Wild Chambray Showers And Listening ToBlue Reed, as well as Sinful Colors Snow Me White the base color is Chambray showers then I randomly dotted all three colors on a make up sponge and sponged over the nail to get a bit of a textured look. More depth to the look if you will. The flowers were done with Acrylic paint, orange and yellow and various mixes of those two colors to get the shade I wanted for them. Then the centers are dotted in with LA Colors Cactus and I just LOVE how all of these look! So much fun! And I'm getting so much better and more confident in my flowers. Mostly just super duper simple type flowers, but either way, they are flowers and they don't look horrible! 

Thanks for reading! Let me know what you thought in the comments below! 

Born Pretty Store Stamping Plate L011!

 Hi y'all! I have some more items to review for you all from Born Pretty Store today! They were awesome enough to send me three of their new stamping plates and this is one of the ones I chose to try out! I'm not the best at stamping, and I prefer doing freehand personally so I don't even own a lot of stamping plates, so I honestly can't compare these to much! 

This one was so easy to work with though, the image transferred well, but yeah, my lack of good stamping skills show here. Or it might be my stamper as well, as all I have is the standard konad stamper, I don't have any of the fancy larger stampers, or squishy stampers or any of that. So keep that in mind when deciding if these would be right for you as well. 

 I had so much fun playing with these too and the image was soooo so cute on it. It has to separate parts to it's images. On really large image with multiple different flowers, hearts, dots, etc of all different sizes, just pick the section you like best or you think will fit on your nail and stamp away! 

The other sise has several small images, all little woodland critter themes. Theres pine trees, grass, little red riding hood, the big bad wold, there's some deer, a fox, a squirrel, hedgehog. They are all so cute, but I haven't tried all of those yet. 

You can get this plate Right here and it sells for $3.99

Thanks for reading! Let me know what you thought in the comments below! 

31 day challenge: Yellow nails!

Hi y'all! I'm back again with my yellow nails for the 31 day challenge! I decided on spring-y bumble bees, which I've done before, but I like the way these have turned out much better! It's a little weird doing this challenge all on my own, but it usually turns out that way anyways. It seems no one wants to do challenges or anything else with me BIG FAT SAD FACE. 

Anyways. For my yellow nails I used LA Colors Daisy and for the accent nail I used Sally Hansen Breezy Blue and everything else was done with acrylic paint and a detail brush. These were super fun and so easy to do! 

Thanks for reading! Let me know what you thought in the comments below! 

31 day challenge: orange nails

Hi y'all! I'm continuing the 31 day challenge today with the theme of orange nails! I decided to do orange slice nails just because I thought they would be fun and I've done them before so wanted to see how I could change them up and see the improvement since the last time which was back in 2012! I think there was a bit of improvement, and there is DEFINITELY a difference in the pictures! I've learn a lot in the last two years since those were posted! Anyways. 

I started these off with LA Colors Orange Crush making half circle shapes on the tips of my nails and two coats over the whole nail for the accent nails. I used white acrylic paint to paint the orange slice design (all freehanded) and then I used some Fimo Can slices that look like oranges to add a bit extra to the look. (Just like the first time around ;) )

Thanks for reading! Let me know what you thought in the comments below and keep an eye out for the yellow nails for the next part of the challenge! 

31 day challenge: Red nails

 Hi y'all! I have some more nail art for you all today! I have decided to give te 31 day challenge another try so I can have a little bit of inspiration to get myself going again! If this rain ever lets up anyways! I can't get good pictures with all these cloudy overcast skies hidin my sun! 

Anyways, for today's look the theme is Red Nails, and while I didn't want to do full on red nails, plus I don't have many red polishes to pick from anyways since I kind of avoid the color at all costs, I just did these red flowers instead. 

I used Sinful Colors Starfish for the base which is kind of a nude pink color with just a hint of purple. I love how it looks on my nails and I looove the color. It kinda reminds me of a Mauve Crayola crayon. 

The flowers were done with acrylic paint using the one stroke method for the flowers, then I outlines in black to separate out the petals, and added a dot of yellow in the middle. They were really fun and super easy to do! 

Just as a bonus.. I thought it would be fun to show my process when I'm painting. This is what my hands usually look like after my nails are done. At least until they dry enough that I can wash my hands and scrub the paint off. I just use my fingers as sort of a 'pallete' I guess? They're close that the pallette I actually have and so it's easier to just wipe the brush right there once or twice when I end up with too much paint on the brush.. plus so long as it doesn't dry too quickly, i can just dip it right back in there when I need more. 

Luckily, acrylic paint usually just pops right off once you run a little water over it, and if it doesn't, a little soap and rubbing at it does the trick. 

Thanks for reading! Let me know what you thought in the comments below! 

Marbles for Polish Sweet Tooth Collection!

 Hi y'all! I have some super cute polishes to share with you all today! I got these Marbles for Polish polishes sent to me to review! I was so excited to get this, they're neon AND Holo, I love all that bright and sparkly-ness in them. Perfect for summer! Unfortunetly it took me a few days to get around to playing with them due to Mister Sun hiding his head in the clouds. I am getting so tired of rain and storms. But anyways, lets get on to the review! 

Neon Tribal Gradient!

Hi y'all! I've got some tribal neon gradients to share with you all today! These were super simple and fun to do! Please just exuse the rabbit fur in the picture - I didn't realize it was even there until I was editing just a second or so before writing this up. The joys or our awesome furkids, right? I know some of you have cats and have the same problem with the fur. 

Anyways, these were wasy to do, you just need a make up sponge and your four colors of choice for the background. I chose to use neons, but you can use pastels or whatever you want if you don't like such a bright look. 

For mine, I used two coats of Sinful Colors Snow Me White to start with and when that was dry I used a damp make up sponge and painted on my four colors in the areas I wanted each. I used Broadway Nails Sun Flower and Sour Apple (Orange and Green) and LA Colors Pumpin' Pink and Flicker (pink and yellow) for this look. But any neons you want would work the same! If you're using neons though, you def want a white underneath to make them really pop. 

After I had my gradient built up to a nice opacity and looking the way I wanted it too, I cleaned up around my nails, then took my detail brush and black acrylic paint and did some simple lines to make a tribal look over the background. You could leave it as is with just gradient as well if you'd like, but that was too boring for my taste personally, and also, I like that the black design kinda brings the brightness down a little bit. 

Thanks for reading! Let me know what you thought in the comments below! 

Born Pretty Store Nail art Charms!

Hi y'all! I have some more items from born pretty store to share with you all today! These items were sent to me free of charge in exchange for a review! 

I have a couple of cute little nail charms for you all today and I looooved them! They are so cute and totally reuseable! Go ahead and follow the jump to see more pictures and more about these items! 

Born Pretty Store Nail Art Pen!

 Hi y'all! I have some more of the Born Pretty Store products that I received to review today! And this fun doodle-y nail art. I was soooo excited about this product when I seen it that it was one of the first ones I decided to pick to review, and since it works AMAZINGLY I just might grab a few more when I get a few dollars to spare.